Deflect vs Pervert - What's the difference?
deflect | pervert |
To make (something) deviate from its original path.
To deviate from its original path.
(figuratively) To avoid addressing (questions, criticism, etc.).
(figuratively) To divert (attention, etc.).
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(dated) One who has been perverted; one who has turned to error; one who has turned to a twisted sense of values or morals.
A person whose sexual habits are not considered acceptable.
To turn another way; to divert.
* Shakespeare
To turn from truth, rectitude, or propriety; to divert from a right use, end, or way; to lead astray; to corrupt.
* Milton
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To misapply; to misinterpret designedly.
To become perverted; to take the wrong course.
In transitive terms the difference between deflect and pervert
is that deflect is to make (something) deviate from its original path while pervert is to turn from truth, rectitude, or propriety; to divert from a right use, end, or way; to lead astray; to corrupt.In intransitive terms the difference between deflect and pervert
is that deflect is to deviate from its original path while pervert is to become perverted; to take the wrong course.As a noun pervert is
one who has been perverted; one who has turned to error; one who has turned to a twisted sense of values or morals.deflect
English
Verb
(en verb)- The Prime Minister deflected some increasingly pointed questions by claiming he had an appointment.
- Critics suggest that Fernández, an unashamed populist and nationalist, is seeking to deflect attention from social disharmony at home.
pervert
English
(wikipedia pervert)Noun
(en noun)- Those perverts were trying to spy on us while we changed clothes!
Usage notes
* In contemporary usage, pervert is usually understood to refer to a sexually perverted person. Traditionally the word was mainly associated with persons of false religious beliefs.Synonyms
* (sexually perverted person) deviant, perv (slang)Antonyms
* convert (religious)Verb
(en verb)- Let's follow him, and pervert the present wrath.
- He, in the serpent, had perverted Eve.
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- pervert one's words
- (Testament of Love)